Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation or reductive aldol reactions: a ligand dependent switch of reactivity.
The pathway for the combination of enones and beta-S-substituted aldehydes using Rh-catalysis can be switched between a hydroacylation reaction or a reductive aldol reaction by simple choice of the phosphine ligand; this catalyst controlled switch allows access to new ketone hydroacylation products; useful 1,4-diketone intermediates for the synthesis of N-, S- and O-heterocycles.
Osborne
James D
JD
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemical Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3TA.
Willis
Michael C
MC